Colorado River Division 5 Gore Canyon Water Activity Summary Agenda Item 25.d

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Water Supply Reserve Account—Grant and Loan Program • Water Activity Summary Sheet Agenda Item 25.d -orb ,trl Applicant: Grand County Lo ) (GI rot! 8r4d d) ,>14442S I 4vey (l,'czvr` Cowl) Mae c v coos u14-e,vi ./ Water Activity Name: Gore Canyon Whitewater Park at Pumphouse—Colorado River (®c4 77 Water Activity Purpose: Structural Water Project (-0611/11 r5Sy6 ✓ County: Grand Drainage Basin: Colorado River Water Source: Colorado River Amount Requested: $500,000 Source of Funds: $400,000 (Statewide Account) and$100,000 (Basin Account) Matching Funds: The total project cost is estimated to be$1,686,114, of which$1,190,700 is for actual construction. Grand County has committed to providing$600,000 or just over 35%to the total project cost. Grand County has already invested$495,414 in the project, although only about $40,000 of those fuu"ds''have been spent-in the 9 months prior to submission of the application as is required to be eligible for sponsor match. Grand County has an addfiona1'$60,000 in funds ready to begin construction, making the eligible match from the project sponsor a total of$100,000. This matching amount exceeds the matching requirements of 5% and 20% for Basin and Statewide funds, respectively. • Grand County is seeking 6%of the total project cost from the Colorado Basin Fund and 23% of the total project cost from the Statewide Fund. Additionally, Grand County is currently implementing plans to raise the remaining 35% ($600,000) of the costs from boaters and other recreation industry partners, but does not have these commitments at this time. Staff Recommendation Staff recognizes that the request for$100,000 from the Colorado Basin Account has met all of the eligibility requirements and threshold criteria of the WSRA grants from the basin roundtable account, and therefore suggests that the Board approve the request to use the WSRA Colorado River Basin Account to help fund the Gore Canyon Whitewater Park at Pumphouse. t/uq)''r 4 rie W Ies Staff defers to the CWCB Board as to whether to approve up to $400,000 from the Statewide Account for this project. Use of Statewide Account dollars for construction of a whitewater park, which will likely have a decree for an RICD associated with the whitewater park,has never been approved by this Board; as such,this is a policy decision for the Board to decide. Water Activity Summary: The purpose of this project is to construct a Gore Canyon Whitewater Park at Pumphouse on the Upper Colorado River in Grand County. This includes heavy construction in the river,bank work and re-vegetation associated with the development of the structures that create the waves and other hydraulic features of the park. This `park and play' Whitewater Park is in an existing BLM recreational site and will provide access for play boating between the Class IV section of Gore Canyon and the Class II/III section from Pumphouse to State Bridge. • The RICD water right application associated with this project is currently going through water court. The CWCB Board made findings of fact related to the RICD through Gore Canyon at its March 2012 „ 1 n.